Onésime's Theatrical Debut
About Onésime's Theatrical Debut
Onésime takes an opera's leading man's place so he can get close to the ballerina, Berthe Dagmar. He comes down onto the stage and starts the aria. The summary that travels with the short says he has the voice of a barrel seller and sings like the pulley of a well.
Cast & crew
More about Onésime's Theatrical Debut
Jean Durand directed. Paul Castanet was cameraman. The French title is Onésime débute au théâtre. An English release title was Batty Bill's Pertinacity. Berthe Dagmar plays the ballerina.
Themes
Making
Durand's Onésime films treat Bourbon as an acrobat dropped into a respectable setting. Here the setting is an opera house, and the collapse is the payoff.
Look
Paul Castanet photographed the short for Gaumont.
Preservation
A transfer is on Wikimedia Commons under the French title.
Notes
- Ernest Bourbon plays Onésime.
- Mademoiselle Davrières plays the soubrette. Gaston Modot is a spectator.
- An English release title was Batty Bill's Pertinacity.
- Paul Castanet photographed it for Gaumont.
Scenes
- Onésime replaces the tenor and opens the aria in the voice the synopsis compares to a well pulley.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Onésime débute au théâtre (1913).webm)
